The
boat is just being finished, however I've been living on it and testing systems since September - don't have
shore power. I'm in Valdivia,
Chile 40S.
Have 3 8D AGMs rated as 690AH. No problem topping them up since I have 2 Glacier Bay 25KW 240VDC gensets. I average about 1 hr of run time per day however currently it usually is done as 3 hrs every third day. During that time I charge the
batteries, wash and dry a load of
laundry, cook
meals for the 3 days, heat up the
water.
I have 2 plates in the frig and 2 in
freezer both boxes are about 10 cu ft. It takes 1 hr of compressor time to freeze the frig holding plates and 2.25 hrs for the
freezer. The hold over period is highly dependent upon the
water and air temperature. In September and October with water temp about 50F and air temp daily low about 35F and high about 55F the freezer's cycle was about 48hrs and the frig about 96hrs. In December and January with water temp about 70F and air temp daily low about 45F and high about 75F the freezer's cycle was about 15hrs and the frig about 30hrs. I believe the above are valid numbers for the frig since I use it and the box is usually 25% to 50% full. However, I haven't used the freezer just run it from time to time to gather test data. So the above numbers were taken with the freezer empty except for a couple of gallons of water to give it a little heat load.
The frig has 4 inches dynacell foam and the freezer 6 inches.
So far very satisfied, however will wait until I complete my first 6 months anchored out in Boca del Toro,
Panama before making a final judgement.